Maria Sakkari and Donna Vekic will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Mutua Madrid Open for the 10th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on ARANTXA SANCHEZ STADIUM. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Maria Sakkari who should win in 2 sets.
Maria Sakkari -> 1.39
Donna Vekic -> 3.02
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Prediction and head to head Maria Sakkari vs. Donna Vekic
This will be the 10th time that Maria Sakkari and Donna Vekic play each other. The head to head is 6-3 for Vekic (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Vekic won 6-4 7-6(8) in the semifinal in Berlin back in 2023.
Highlights Donna Vekic vs Maria Sakkari – Berlin 24-June-2023
Maria Sakkari
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-9 | 12-6 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-25 | 26-17 | 5-4 | 3-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-23 | 21-12 | 8-5 | 4-2 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-20 | 23-13 | 9-4 | 5-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-11 | 12-7 | 2-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 6, the Greek will start her run in Madrid after she played her last match in Billie Jean King Cup, Group I, Europe/Africa where she lost 6-4 6-4 to Tauson in the Rubber 2 on the 12th of April.
Sakkari has a composed 17-8 win-loss record in 2024, 5-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Sakkari’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Indian Wells.
Talking about her overall career, Sakkari has an overall 447-287 record. She has a positive 168-96 record on clay.
Previously in Madrid
Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2023. See her history.
Donna Vekic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-9 | 7-6 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-20 | 16-9 | 4-5 | 2-3 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-20 | 10-9 | 9-6 | 2-1 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-16 | 10-12 | 0-1 | 5-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-11 | 6-6 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 38, Vekic reached the 2nd round after defeating Laura Siegemund 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round, Donna had a good straight sets win against Siegemund (6-1 6-2). During the match Vekic scored 61 points vs Siegemund’s 40. Donna was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
About the serving games, Vekic fired 3 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Donna Vekic was pretty efficient on serve to win 71% (22/31) of her 1st serve and 65% (13/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Vekic broke Siegemund 4 times after converting 40% of her break points (4/10).
Vekic’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Linz.
The Croatian has an overall 10-8 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Madrid
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2019. See her history
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